In a shocking incident, a 15-year-old rape survivor was set ablaze by her rapist and his immediate family members in Mainpuri, in Uttar Pradesh. The accused had allegedly raped the girl three months ago causing her to get pregnant, reported Times of India.
The girl was first rushed to the Mainpuri district hospital and then referred to the Saifai Medical College Hospital in Etawah district where she is receiving treatment at present. According to the girl’s mother the girl had initially not told anyone about the rape, but it came to light when she developed pregnancy related aches in her abdomen. When they found that the alleged rapist was her uncle’s son, they approached the Panchayat on October 6. But according to the mother, the local panchayat was pressuring the family to “reach a compromise” as the crime was committed “within the family.” The same day, the accused and his family tried to burn the girl alive.
The publication quoted the mother as saying, “We first agreed not to file a police complaint because we were being pressured by the village panchayat to compromise. The accused’s mother publicly apologized for the crime committed by her son.” The survivor’s aunt, who was also the accused’s mother, then reportedly promised the survivor’s mother to have the child aborted and have the girl married to someone else, something the survivor’s mother agreed to. But the aunt, and her son and daughter then set the survivor on fire.
Mainpuri Superintendent of Police Kamlesh Kumar Dixit told TOI, “On Saturday, a woman filed a complaint stating that her sister-in-law’s son raped and then attempted to immolate her daughter on October 6.” Th epolice officer further confirmed that the girl had identified her assailants as “her uncle’s son, daughter and wife” and, “The minor confirmed that she was raped by her cousin three months ago.”
Police also confirmed that a case had been registered under sections 307 (attempt to murder) and 376 (rape), as well as relevant sections of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offenses (POCSO) Act. The accused aunt has been taken into custody and is being interrogated.
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